retorqueo

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I twist, turn, bend or cast back; avert, deflect.
  • (of an argument) I retort, cast back.

Etymology

Prefix from Latin torqueō (twist, turn, I twist, wind, hurl, wrench, I wind) root from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (turn, twist, spin, wind).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*terkʷ-

Gloss

turn, twist, spin, wind

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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